Three more airlines have followed Delta’s lead by saying they may prevent passengers on flights to Washington, DC, from carrying guns in their chosen suitcases before the president-elect Joe Biden
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According to the Associated Press, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines will set the rules from Saturday to January 23rd.
Americans will limit the supply of alcohol on flights to and from DC from Saturday to Thursday, while several airline personnel will also, according to the AP, move their persons out of the house in Washington.
Safety and security measures around the inauguration day have been stepped up since the deadly riots last week at the Capitol, in which five people were killed.
The Federal Aviation Administration has also announced that it will no longer issue a warning to passengers assaulting crew members or passengers, but will continue to refer them directly to law enforcement.
Sara Nelson, the influential head of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, has asked that those charged with participating in the riot be placed on the federal list without flying, which was considered by an FBI official earlier this week.
There have also been at least two incidents since the riots of lawmakers at airports, including several people who killed Sen. Mitt Romney
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Days later, Senator Lindsay Graham (RS.C.) was harassed at Washington’s Reagan National Airport over his refusal to join some Republicans in a congressional challenge against the election of President Joe Biden.
Jeffrey Price, an aviation security expert at Metropolitan State University in Denver, said these measures are still being placed too much on the shoulders of flight crews, and that further air force services are needed on Washington flights.
“There have been too many incidents of disruptions in the flight, and crew members should not be expected to deal with it, otherwise they will become violent,” he told the AP.